Kickball!

Here is a picture of my kickball team.  We won again last night and are now 4-1.  Yeah, I am totally into this, feeling (and looking) like I am 10 again!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to all of our favorite moms!

Leo and Henry brought me a lovely necklace and earrings this morning and Leo even got to snuggle on the couch. (Randy has NEVER allowed this to happen so he documented the occasion- see picture above..) Leo was quite the snuggle buddy and enjoyed every second on the couch!!

Yesterday we took Leo down to Waterfront Park for Doggie Dash. He was very nervous around all of the people and dogs UNTIL he saw my parents and their dogs, at which point he went completely crazy and bolted across the park, out of his leash to see them!!! Praise the Lord that my mom is quick and grabbed him as he was off leash (and collar..). He knows who his family and dog friends are! Above is a soapy picture from his bath Friday. He had to clean up so that he could look his best around all of the other dogs:).

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!!!

I think that teacher appreciation week is near the end of the school year for a very important reason...to remind us of why we love what we do. These last few weeks have been especially rough ones and with the summer countdown on, it has been REALLY hard to stay fresh and energetic. So happy teacher week to all of our friends and family who share the gift of teaching!

The beautiful flowers were from my wonderful assistant this morning. Without her I would have lost my sanity long before now! (Did anyone know that I earned the prestigious Mill Park Elementary "Am I gray yet?" paper plate award last year at our staff luncheon??) 

Last Sunday was beautiful so we took the opportunity to take Leo for a walk down on the Columbia River. Oh, I can't wait until summer! When we got home it was still warm enough to give Leo a bath outside. Here he is running around the living room with his towel on.

Wii have entered the future...

... a few years behind.  Our Wii finally arrived and was worth the wait.  It was a graduation gift from Kelli's parents.  I think the highlight of the first evening was watching my mother-in-law almost fall off the couch laughing as I started to run to first base while playing baseball.  

In other news I truly am 10 years old again as I have a joined a kickball team with some co-workers through Underdog Sports Leagues in Portland.  We won our first game last night and I even had a couple of kicks and scored a run.  Kelli thinks I am crazy, but it is so much fun and more of a workout than I thought or remembered kickball to be!

Not a loyal blogger

Well, we're a little busy to be loyal blog posters but, believe me we do love blogging. We are loyal fans to the Coburn family blog as well as our grad blog. We ourselves however do forget to post!! We just read and contribute to your wonderful blogs!

O.k. blog buddies here goes:

We are still happy to be done with grad school. We praise the Lord every weekend that we're done and can move on with our lives!! See our happy faces above at the Portland graduation. (We will not be going back to Cambridge for the actual ceremony)

Randy and I just received our new contracts which promise us teaching positions for what seems like forever. Always a good thing. I was "informed" that I'll be teaching a 1/2 blended class (this will hopefully change to a 2nd grade position after we look at what our applicant pool looks like- my building is hiring at almost all grade levels..) and Randy is staying at 1st grade. 

Leo graduated from dog class last weekend! Yea, Leo!! We knew you were a smart boy. I'll try and post a picture of that monumental event. Unfortunately Randy's hand is in every picture so just excuse that. 

In other news, if you get a chance google: lord save us from your followers. This is a great documentary done by a producer at our church. After being shown at several churches it is actually going to hit the secular market. Great press for real salvation and not the wacko-ness that some attribute to the church. 

Check back, I might just post again!

Kelli

Happy Leo

Leo as his usual happy go-licky self.  The second picture is what Dave at daycare calls his 'Jack Nicolson' smile as the Joker.  Kelli spent five minutes with the camera last night and did nothing but have him sit and then took his picture.  What a ham!

In other news, we are looking forward to spring break and some down time from the kiddos at school, but we must survive conferences first!

Our First No Class Weekend!!!

This weekend marks our first month of not going to class.  We are busy today with a graduation ceremony, not as fancy as the real one in May in Cambridge, but it will still be fun to get together with our cohort mates and meet their families.  Tomorrow is another busy day with our graduation open house.  

In other news, Henry and Leo are fine, not friends yet, but they are sleeping in the same room at night.  Leo is enjoying showing how smart he is at his dog class and playing with his new dog friends at daycare once a week.  Henry is enjoying being himself and running the house, especially the recent sunny days watching birds from the windows.

Kelli and I are busy with school and looking forward to some down time over spring break!